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Wish You a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2019 Śrī Rāma Sahāyam WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2019 Śrī Satyanārāyaṇa Swāmy Devasthānam, Milpitas, CA 475 Los Coches St, Milpitas,CA 95035 Temple Phone: (408) 971-7852, (408) 340-1744 Temple Website: www.siliconvalleytemple.net For all Puja services, email [email protected] All the 'mings in this calendar are calculated for the longitude and la'tude between 110° to 130° West & 30° to 40° North. We put a lot of effort to provide accurate informa'on. If any mistakes are found in this calendar, please send all your comments and sugges'ons by email. Veda Smarthagama Sthapanacharya Silicon Andhra Veda Bhara5 Jyothisha Bhaskara BrahmaSri Sri Kodamanchili Sri Rampalli Sri Belagur Sri Kasula Sri Kunapuli Marepalli Naga Jagadeesh Sarma (KJS) Nagendra Prasad Shivarama Sarma Mrutyunjaya Sarma Phani Raja Sarma Venkata Sastri VEDA Senior Priest Sarma (RNP) (SRM) (KMS) (KPR) (MNVS) Ph: (510) 585-7852 Ph: (510) 331-1589 Ph: (510) 331-9666 Ph: (510) 610-5834 Ph: 510-693-4453 Chief Priest and Astrology Consultant Chief Editor for the Calendar Ph: (510) 673-7938 (cell) Ph: (408) 586-9527 (home) Email: [email protected] Sri Veluri Sri Garimella Sri Marepalli Sri Desaraju Sri Jeedigunta Subrahmanyam Sarma Veerabhadra Avadhani Audio Vedic chants at: Majoj Kumar (MMK) Pavan Kumar (DPK) Chalapathi www.vedamantram.com (VSS) Ph: (510) 496-1314 (GVA) Ph: (510) 876-7295 Ph: (510) 634-3208 Sharma (JCY) Ph: 510-362-9791 Ph: 813-585-5554 Calcula@ons for the Calendar performed by Brahma Sri Marepalli Naga Venkata Sastri garu. Calendar design and prepara@on by Sri Srinivas Vadrevu. Photography by Sri Vijay Ram Chemudupa@. This calendar provides auspicious 'mes for various ac'vi'es like star'ng business, buying various things, joining new jobs, matrimonial, births, closing deals and various day to day ac'vi'es. It is always advised to consult your family priest or astrologer or the VEDA temple for muhūrthas for above and important samskāras like weddings, upanayanam, sīman tam, gruha pravesam etc. Since rāhukālam is not counted as a dosha in astrology, it is not considered for calcula'ng auspicious 'mes in this calendar. It is advised to observe rāhukālam, varjyam and durmuhūrtam for the watchful. VEDA Temple Commi.ee Śrī Rāma Sahāyam VEDA Temple Pūjā Schedule Daily Pūjā Schedule Temple Services Weekday Schedule Weekend & Holiday Schedule Temple Opening 10:00am 09:00am Śrī Satyanārāyana Swāmy Suprabhāta Seva & Morning pūjā 10:15am 09:15am Rudrābhiṣekham for Lord Śiva and Archana for all dei'es in Temple 10:30am 09:30am Viṣṇu Sahasra Nāma Archana 06:30pm – 07:00pm 06:30pm – 07:00pm Ekānta Seva & Aishwarya Tīrtham 09:00pm 09:00pm (09:30pm on special occasions) Temple Services on Week days and Special Occasions Day Time Temple Services Monday 07:15pm/07:30pm Abhishekam for Lord Ganeśa / Rudrābhiṣekam for Lord Śiva Tuesday 07:15pm Abhiṣekam for Abhaya Ānjaneya and Kar'keya Friday 07:15pm Abhiṣekam for Dakṣinā Mūrthy, Saraswathi and Kanyakā Parameśwari Sunday 10:30am Śrī Ramā Satyanārāyaṇa Swamy Abhiṣekam 11:15am Viṣṇu Sahasranāma Pārāyaṇa by devotees 12:30pm Curtain opens and Unara Pūjā 01:00pm Mahā Prasādam During Rāhukālam Durgā Abhiṣekam 07:30pm Veda Classes (Krishna Yajurveda Samhita) Every full moon day (Pūrnimā) 07:00pm Group Satyanārāyaṇa Pūja (Samūhika Vratam), shown as Group SNP in calendar Every Sankaṣ' 07:00pm Ganeśa Abhiṣekam Every Kr̥ipkā Nakṣatram 07:00pm Kār'keya Abhiṣekam Every Swā' Nakshatram 07:00pm Narasimha Abhiṣekam Every Aśleṣa Nakshatram 5:30pm Nagadevata Abhiṣekam Every Second Sunday 10:30am Aṣṭonara Śata Kalaśābhiṣekam for Lord Śrī Satyanārāyaṇa Swāmy, shown as ASK Every day during Kārrka Māsam 07:00pm Rudrābhiṣekam for Lord Śiva All abhiṣekams are referred to as ABK in this calendar. Please note that the exact 'me of the services will change on special occasions such as fes'vals to accommodate other programs. Please check the calendar on specific dates for exact 'mes. For latest information regarding temple events, please visit the temple web site hnp://www.siliconvalleytemple.net or contact the temple at (408) 340-1744. VEDA Temple Commi.ee Śrī Rāma Sahāyam VEDA Board of Directors - please recite these nine times every day to remove all difficulties: అ"#రకమ'ల ఇబ+ందుల/ 01లగ'టక/ BrahmaSri న"స%ు &ామ)య సల,-./య 0ే23ౖ5 చ త89ౖ5 జన;ాత-జ<=>? | న"స%ు రB0ేCందC యమ)FలGభ5ః న"స%ు చం0/CరJ మరBదK ణMభ5ః || Marepalli namostu rāmāya salakṣmanāya devyai ca tasyai janakātmajāyai | Naga Venkata Sastri namostu rudreṃdra yamānilebhyaḥ namostu caṃdrārka marudgaṇebhyaḥ || Founder & Chairman ఆ&%ా./మ)&%O హ.%/రం QR/./ం భయ./శనం | 0UVషR/ం ;ాలదండం తం &ామచందCం నమ)మ5హం || ārtānāmārti hantāraṃ bhītānāṃ bhayanāśanaṃ | dviṣatāṃ kāladaṃḍaṃ taṃ rāmacaṃdraṃ namāmyahaṃ || Sri Padmanabham Tadepalli VEDA President Dear all, wishing you all a very happy new year. (A Humble Note from the President can be found later in this calendar) Smt. Anita Mandadi Dear Veda members and Devotees, as a Board member for last one year, we had worked on various acCviCes for the progress of Veda Services to the community. We have embarked on MahaShikaram construcCon aGer doing technical and financial evaluaCon of mulCple contractors & finalized a company. ConstrucCon of the MahaSikharam upper part is in progress and our goal is to have Kumbhabhishekam by May 2019. Completed the installaCon of Shani Devata and performed Prathista program in the month of Apr 2018 and I am part of lot of flower garland acCviCes throughout the year. I will conCnue to uClize my services to reach the community to make VEDA as Punya Kshetram under guidance of our guru Sri Venkata Sastrygaru. I am puUng strategy to reach far beyond not only exisCng community to help fund-raise for construcCng Alaya Shikaram, Dwaja Stabham and further important construcCon acCviCes. Sri Ravi Varanasi Dear VEDA Devotees, Happy New Year! 2019 will be scripted as the year of "Maha Sikharam" as we seek Lord Satyanarayana's blessings for compleCon of our project in the first half of this year. As always, this auspicious Temple cherishes support from donors, volunteers and the collecCve resolve of VEDA community for major projects like this. As we reflect on 2018, it has been a growth year for us and we stabilized various operaCons of the temple. We got some success with efforts like overflow parking and we will conCnue to make more progress in areas like this to ensure be`er experience for our devotees. It will be my goal and effort in encouraging parCcipaCon from more donors and further drive creaCon of transparent, blissful atmosphere that reinforces our Faith and serenity at VEDA temple. I'm truly blessed to serve this community. Feel free to contact me anyCme for feedback, suggesCons to help enhance your experience at VEDA. Sri Baleshwara Swamy Indarapu Dear All, Wish you a very happy & successful 2019 year. I am glad to say we made progress in construction of Lord Sri. Satya Narayana Swamy Shikaram during 2018 and target to complete it and do kumba abhishekam during this year. Next, my priority is for us to embark upon Dwaja sthamabam project with support from all devotees. Please reach out to me for any comments and suggestions. Temple Contact Informa6on Puja Services: [email protected] Fund Raising: [email protected] Flowers: veda.fl[email protected] Volunteer credit: [email protected] Kitchen: [email protected] General Informa'on: [email protected] VEDA Temple Commi.ee JANUARY 2019 Mārgaśira Bahuḷa Ekādaśī to Puṣya Bahuḷa Dwādaśī Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Highlights in January: Hemanta Rutu, Mārgaśira 1 Mārgaśira Māsa 2 3 4 5 Amāvāsyā Jan 01 ­ New Year's Day Bahuḷa Dwādaśī: 12:40 Jan 14 ­ Makara Sankrānti New Year's Day Anūrādhā: 21:33 Bahuḷa Trayodaśī: 13:50 Bahuḷa Chaturdaśī: 15:27 Bahuḷa Amāvāsyā: 17:28 Jan 15 ­ Kanuma Bahuḷa Ekādaśī: 11:58 Rahu Kalam: 12:11 ­ 13:22 Jyeṣṭha: 23:24 Mūlā: 25:38 Pūrvāṣāḍhā: 28:13 Rahu Kalam: 13:23 ­ 14:34 Rahu Kalam: 11:01 ­ 12:12 Rahu Kalam: 09:50 ­ 11:01 Jan 16 ­ Kārtikeya ABK at 7pm Viśākhā: 20:10 Varjyam: 27:35 ­ 29:18 Rahu Kalam: 14:33 ­ 15:44 Varjyam: 21:40 ­ 23:24 Varjyam: 08:08­ 09:53; 23:53­ Varjyam: 12:16 ­ 14:02 Jan 20 ­ Group(Sāmūhika) SNP at 11:30am Durmuhurtam: 11:52 ­ 12:30 Varjyam: 24:24 ­ 26:05 Sunrise: 07:22 Durmuhurtam: 10:37­11:15; 25:38 Durmuhurtam: 07:22 ­ 08:58 Jan 20 ­ Total Lunar Eclipse from 6:36pm to Durmuhurtam: 09:20­09:58; Sunset: 17:01 14:25­15:03 Durmuhurtam: 09:21­09:59; Sunrise: 07:22 11:48pm 22:44­23:42 Excellent: 1pm to 9pm Sunrise: 07:22 12:31­13:09 Sunset: 17:03 Jan 21 ­ Martin Luther King Da y Sunrise: 07:21 Average: Sunrise to 1pm Sunset: 17:01 Sunrise: 07:22 Navagraha,Nāgadevata ABK at 5pm Jan 23 ­ Sankaṣṭi Sunset: 17:00 Sunset: 17:02 Jan 27 ­ Veda Hav anam Lakṣmī Gaṇ apathi Homam at Dakṣiṇā Mūrthy, Saraswatī & Jan 27 ­ Narasiṁha ABK at 7pm 9:30am K.Parameśwarī ABK at 7pm Temple Calendar Inauguration at noon Puṣya Begins, 6 Hemanta Rutu 7 8 9 10 11 12 Śuddha Pāḍyamī: 19:48 Śuddha Dvitīyā: 22:24 Śuddha Tṛtīyā: 25:08 Śuddha Chaturthī: 27:51 Śuddha Pañchamī: 30:24 Śuddha Ṣaṣṭī: Full Śuddha Ṣaṣṭī: 08:34 Uttarāṣāḍhā: 31:06 Śravaṇā: Full Śravaṇā: 10:11 Dhaniṣṭhā: 13:20 Śatabhiṣā: 16:24 Pūrvābhādrā: 19:13 Uttarābhādrā: 21:36 Rahu Kalam: 15:48 ­ 16:59 Rahu Kalam: 08:38 ­ 09:50 Rahu Kalam: 14:37 ­ 15:49 Rahu Kalam: 12:14 ­ 13:26 Rahu Kalam: 13:27 ­ 14:39 Rahu Kalam: 11:03 ­ 12:15 Rahu Kalam: 09:51 ­ 11:03 Varjyam: 13:11 ­ 14:58 Varjyam: 11:37 ­ 13:25 Varjyam: 14:42 ­ 16:31 Varjyam: 21:27 ­ 23:16 Varjyam: 23:33 ­ 25:21 Varjyam: 29:46 ­ 31:32
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